TXSettlement
PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc. (doing business as Temu)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement requiring Temu to protect Texans’ sensitive personal data from exposure to the Chinese Communist Party and to strengthen product-safety practices. Temu must pay Texas $3 million, comply with data-security requirements backed by a potential $8 million annual penalty, conduct annual independent product testing, and take specified action on products found to contain harmful substances.
HighSecurity FailureUnauthorized Data Sharing